Thursday, January 03, 2019

Sneak Peek for Poetry Friday 2019

Welcome to our first Poetry Friday gathering for 2019! (InLinkz at the bottom)It's time again for me to gather all the poetry books for young people that I believe will be published in the year ahead. And I was shocked and happy to see I already have a list of 75+ books set to appear this year! WOO HOO! I usually only know about 20-30 books at this early date, then add to the list throughout the year and end up with around 100 titles. I hope this beginning list continues to grow and grow and grow! There are new poets to support, new forms and topics to consider, board books, nonfiction books, anthologies, novels in verse, memoirs, and more. Here's my "SNEAK PEEK" list thus far, but I know y'all will let me know of any additional titles or any errors you see here. Thanks!

47 comments:

Wow, Sylvia - what a list! And happy to see books by so many PF folks among the titles. Thanks for all you do to keep the world up to date on poetry for young readers, and thanks for hosting this week. Happy New Year! :0) (I have thoughts on Irene Latham's LOVE, AGNES and postcards and such this week.)

Fantastic list Sylvia, I'm making a copy so I can move through it as the year unfolds. Thanks for for bringing it right to our fingertips!I'm sharing my "one little word," a spattering of #haikuforhope– that I'm continuing, and some art.

I love how much poetry is revered and promoted in the U.S. This is such an extensive list. I wish Australian publishers weren't so risk averse in relation to publishing poetry. It is a matter of some sorrow for me. Thank you hosting Sylvia and for the sumptuous list of poetic possibilities!

Wow! So much poetry. I am gobsmacked. As Alan said, there is a reservation amongst many Australian publishers. We are such a small market, so there is risk in everything - it's hard yakka getting poetry published here. Enjoy your wonderful bounty!

Oh my goodness--what a wonderful list. I'll be coming back to put all of these on my to-read shelf! Thanks for including my titles--would it be possible to add that IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT is illustrated by Angela Matteson? Thanks! And thank you for hosting and celebrating!

What a fabulous list and what a gorgeous display! I am thrilled to be on it with so many wonderful poets. It will be a great year of reading. Thank you for sharing and being such an incredible advocate for children's poetry!

What a beautiful bunch of poetry books! Thank you, Sylvia... I know how time consuming it is to create such displays and lists.. thanks for offering this resource, which I look forward to (and return to!) every year. Happy new year! xo

What an incredible list! You do so much for the poetry community. Thanku for including THANKU on this list. Cannot wait for my editorial debut in this collection of poems from some very fine children's writers. Happy New Year!

Hi, all! I am relatively new to Poetry Friday...I think this is the third week I've posted. Here are a couple of new poems I wrote recently. Thanks! http://theapplesinmyorchard.com/2019/01/04/poetry-friday-morning-encounters-and-unread-posts/

Thanks for hosting, Sylvia - and for once again sharing your complete list of poetry for the new year! I'm sure it's not an easy thing to compile. (By the way, I think there may be one more of Lee's anthologies - I'm pretty sure he has another one besides the two listed, but you'll have to check with him)

Sylvia, I always look forward to your yearly Poetry Sneak Peeks and often search back over previous years' lists when I'm looking for particular poetry books. Thanks for putting them together. I also have a poetry collection coming out this year with Charlesbridge called FINDING TREASURE: A COLLECTION OF COLLECTIONS. Would love for you to add it to the list!

Hi, y’all and thanks for stopping by and for all your kind words. You’re right, making this list is a HUGE task, but also a labor of LOVE!Michelle, congrats on your new collections collection! I’ll be adding that to the list ASAP!

Hi Sylvia, thanks so so much for this list! I am so thankful to be a part of it. Just wanted to update you that WEIGHT has a new title: ALL OF ME--with a cover by Chris Sheban! https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250305992

More thanks and gratitude to each of you and our whole Poetry Friday community! Isn't it awesome? And Chris, I've changed the entry to reflect your new book title and illustrator; Michelle, I've added your new "collections" collection. Thank you both for the updates!

Sylvia, Thank you for being a wonderful host at the start of the new year. While I am late in sending this post, I am excited to have posted since I have been thinking about this #haikuforhope for several days. Your sneak peek is amazing so I would like to spend some time reviewing it. Enjoy your start to 2019,

Ooooooh, I just want to lie down and wallow around in that collage--and I believe I'll get to do just that, since I'm about to join the NCTE Poetry Awards Committee! I'm late posting, due to the burden of the year, but Ella Wilcox Wheeler and I have an essential and obvious wisdom to share. Thanks for hosting all us in so many ways for so many years, Sylvia. <3

Thank you all for helping me kick off Poetry Friday 2019! What a great beginning!And congrats, Heidi, on being on the NCTE Poetry Committee-- such an awesome experience.Here's to heaps of poetry all year long!

About Me

Sylvia Vardell is a professor and author of the ALA bestseller POETRY ALOUD HERE, also THE POETRY TEACHER'S BOOK OF LISTS, POETRY PEOPLE, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN ACTION, and the co-editor of THE POETRY FRIDAY ANTHOLOGY series and the POETRY FRIDAY POWER BOOK series in collaboration with poet Janet Wong. Vardell is also the poetry columnist for ALA’s BOOK LINKS magazine and for the NSTA journal, SCIENCE AND CHILDREN (along with Janet Wong). A frequent speaker at conferences, Vardell chaired the NCTE Poetry Award committee, served as a judge for the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, and has been a consultant to the Poetry Foundation.